Hunter: The Reckoning

 GameCube
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Armchair Empire
    85
    It’s wicked bloody fun with a group even with the slight detractors.
  2. GameZone
    80
    A great game for gamers looking for simple action, a good mix of enemies, and steady progression through the game.
  3. Gamers' Temple
    80
    A short but enjoyable hack and slash romp that is even more enjoyable when played with friends.
  5. GameSpot
    77
    For those five or six hours, the game is quite fun, especially when playing with other people and using teamwork to mow down the zombie hordes.
  6. GameSpy
    73
    It's dripping with blood. Actually, it's submerged in a tank overflowing with bodily fluids, detached limbs, and severed heads. Saucy!
  7. Nintendojo
    72
    While the single-player campaign can turn out to be fairly boring and uninspiring, the real value this game offers is in multiplayer.
  8. GamingTrend
    72
    If you don’t mind gathering up three friends, and you don’t mind leaving your brains at the door, you’ll be in store for a decent multiplayer hack and slash. The lack of replay value other than for multiplayer and the uninteresting single player make this game only for those who love all that is Gauntlet-styled.
  9. GamePro
    70
    The game’s endless top-down horde-shooting and limb-hacking is an absolute blast with four people (the five characters complement each other well), but the friendless may find Hunting and Reckoning to be a lonely, repetitious profession.
  10. IGN
    68
    In the process of porting it, visual and sound quality has taken a dive, which is very disappointing. Of course all the four-player madness is still great fun.
  11. Nintendo Power
    68
    The camera stays above the characters, resulting in Gauntlet-style game play. [Feb 2003, p.157]
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  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    65
    Even within this genre, we should've gotten a bullet-packed, blow-everything-to-hell experience like teh arcade classic "Smash TV." Instead, we get Nick at Night reruns of the "Golden Girls." [Feb 2003, p.144]
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  13. Cheat Code Central
    60
    Be smart, rent this game when you need it, play the hell out of it, wipe the blood off and return it like nothing happened.
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  14. Play Magazine
    50
    The bosses are cool and Hunter has an expectedly grimy, dark edge, but it looked and felt better on Xbox. [Jan 2003, p.81]
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Awards & Rankings

71
#71 Best GameCube Game of 2002
60
#60 Most Discussed GameCube Game of 2002
30
#30 Most Shared GameCube Game of 2002

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. BenBarker607
    Jan 10, 2019
    10
    Despite its lack of replayability for the single player campaign, the boss fights, constant hack and slash action and sufficiently accurateDespite its lack of replayability for the single player campaign, the boss fights, constant hack and slash action and sufficiently accurate immersion to the original lore of the tabletop RPG classic make this a great game to play for quite some time. -2019… Full Review »
  2. CalebS.
    Nov 17, 2006
    10
    I loved this game. I keep replaying it because it never gets boring to me.
  3. KennethL.
    Nov 30, 2003
    9
    It a very cool game I like the blood and Gore but hard on 4player. I Love it kick ass.
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